Eric Pickles – the UK’s pugnacious communities and local government secretary – extended by 12 months a previous six-month period during which he exercised special powers to scrutinise renewable energy projects and overrule consent by local planners in England (Scotland and Wales are not covered by the arrangement).
The original period was ostensibly introduced to make sure that new central government guidance is being adhered to – with onshore wind the focus of his attentions.
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